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. >> i was telling the guys here i was just in burma and malaysia. it's fantastic. burma is a great opportunity for american public diplomacy. you know i'm going to put this in before you go to whatever you want to talk about. it may be mika's birthday and my birthday today but tomorrow is world press freedom day. the united states government is on the side of journalists oppressed everywhere. journalists are more oppressed today than any time in history. >> vladimir putin one of the terrible offenders through the years of press freedom. a lot of reporters who have reported on him have ended up dead. >> 99 journalists were killed in the line of duty last year. what's changed is journalists used to get harmed in the line of duty and now they're targeted by governments. that's disturbing. >> speaking of vladimir putin, we have now a helicopter shot down in ukraine. vladimir putin ordering the ukraine government to get their own forces out of their own country. what's next in this downhill spiral? >> thank, joe. i had a conversation with a pretty senior figure in the o
. >> i was telling the guys here i was just in burma and malaysia. it's fantastic. burma is a great opportunity for american public diplomacy. you know i'm going to put this in before you go to whatever you want to talk about. it may be mika's birthday and my birthday today but tomorrow is world press freedom day. the united states government is on the side of journalists oppressed everywhere. journalists are more oppressed today than any time in history. >> vladimir putin one of...
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. >> good night, malaysia. >> the pilot said i'm at 35,000 feet checking in and cue all ll lum pur, got you, thank. then handed you over to ho chi minh, air traffic control, contact them on the radio frequency, okay good night. very standard conversation. we've also now got the cargo manifest and this is also interesting it gives us a sense of what the plane was carrying and it's nothing that's unusual. kourier material, mail, that type of thing, fruit on board and then this consolidated cargo which included lid lithium ion tris. in this case on the manifest, cargo manifest, they make a very important point that it was all pack aaged according to standar and they note the flight risk but say they have taken the appropriate steps to ensure they are safe. where does that leave us? it leaves us right back here at square one where we're yet again looking for this plane. we know this flight went like this and came all the way down here at least that is what we led to believe. we still don't have any piece of debris, actually would have been more like this, still no debris whatsoever off the
. >> good night, malaysia. >> the pilot said i'm at 35,000 feet checking in and cue all ll lum pur, got you, thank. then handed you over to ho chi minh, air traffic control, contact them on the radio frequency, okay good night. very standard conversation. we've also now got the cargo manifest and this is also interesting it gives us a sense of what the plane was carrying and it's nothing that's unusual. kourier material, mail, that type of thing, fruit on board and then this...
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after that press con presence in malaysia, i talked to a few of his aides and he was telling me he was prepping them and he knew everything about sterling's past, he had been following the story very closely and he saw the opportunity as a way to sort of raise the bar a little bit for the nba. he named by name dropping commissioner silver in there, to have him realize that this is the action that needed to be taken and hoped that whatever it took, you know, to have more public comments, add more weight to the issue, to encourage the decision that the commissioner ended up coming with. so it just was fascinating to find out how much not only that it want his staff prepping him but one of those cases the reverse. that's how closely he had followed the story and how much he knew about sterling's past. >> i think in many ways the last four days have shown the strength of the nba, not just adam silver but magic johnson, charles barkley -- >> and a number of white players, too. >> yes. this in many ways was a good moment for the nba. >> i think and i don't want to be naive here, but this guy
after that press con presence in malaysia, i talked to a few of his aides and he was telling me he was prepping them and he knew everything about sterling's past, he had been following the story very closely and he saw the opportunity as a way to sort of raise the bar a little bit for the nba. he named by name dropping commissioner silver in there, to have him realize that this is the action that needed to be taken and hoped that whatever it took, you know, to have more public comments, add...
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and malaysia's transport minister says possible wreckage has been found in the bay of bengal and a potential lead will be investigated. back to "hardball." >> president obama delivered an unusually strong rebuke yesterday to his critics who say he hasn't been tough enough on foreign policy. >> frankly, most of the foreign policy commentators that have questioned our policies would go headlong into a bunch of military adventures that the american people have no interest in participating in and would not advance our core security interests. for some reason, many who were proponents of what i considered to be a disastrous decision to go into iraq haven't really learned the lesson of the last decade. they seem to play the same note over and over again. >> whether on iran, syria or ukraine, critics of the president have accused him of not being tough enough. dealing with foreign adversaries. he's being naive or weak or indecisive. what would they have done differently? what would they do tomorrow differently when it comes to dealing with foreign crises. the answer frequently involves banging the
and malaysia's transport minister says possible wreckage has been found in the bay of bengal and a potential lead will be investigated. back to "hardball." >> president obama delivered an unusually strong rebuke yesterday to his critics who say he hasn't been tough enough on foreign policy. >> frankly, most of the foreign policy commentators that have questioned our policies would go headlong into a bunch of military adventures that the american people have no interest in...
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. >> by sunday the controversy reached the other side of the world, the president weighing in from malaysia. >> i don't think i have to interpret those statements for you. they kind of speak for themselves. >> that afternoon all eyes were on the clippers playoff game against the golden state warriors. >> there will be certain player that say will be great and there will be certain players that have been thinking about this all night and they can't function. >> magic johnson, who is mentioned in the purported recording of sterling said the 80-year-old billionaire shouldn't even own a team. >> he shouldn't own a team anymore. he should stand up and say i don't want to own a team anymore. >> donald sterling did not attend the game, while his estranged wife sat courtside. as the team walked out, they threw their warmup jerseys at center court. >> it's a unified statement from the clipper players wearing their warmup shirts inside out so the word "clippers" are not across their chests. >> they went on to lose the game 118-97. to some, their silent protest wasn't strong enough. in the meantime, t
. >> by sunday the controversy reached the other side of the world, the president weighing in from malaysia. >> i don't think i have to interpret those statements for you. they kind of speak for themselves. >> that afternoon all eyes were on the clippers playoff game against the golden state warriors. >> there will be certain player that say will be great and there will be certain players that have been thinking about this all night and they can't function. >>...
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talking with malaysia and indonesia and vietnam. whole series with which the u.s. is talking about have a closer military relationship. that's one part of it. the more controversial bit is the military tactics the pentagon has been discussing how they would deal with some kind of conflict with china. one of the ideas that some people in the pentagon have. if there was any kind of dispute the way to approach that would be for u.s. to try to take out some of the chinese missile facilities which are the key bit to the chinese military platform. that's a dangerous escalatory step. you get into scary and difficult questions. >> it's a frightening scenario, everything you're describing and that ramp up, americans hope we'll avoid. 61% of americans say the u.s. should be less involved in world affairs. it seems like this trip is anything but that. thank you both. we'll watch this closely. and we're starting something new today. our georgia gun watch. we keep an eye how life in on that state is changing under the radical new laws. it allows people to openly carry guns from
talking with malaysia and indonesia and vietnam. whole series with which the u.s. is talking about have a closer military relationship. that's one part of it. the more controversial bit is the military tactics the pentagon has been discussing how they would deal with some kind of conflict with china. one of the ideas that some people in the pentagon have. if there was any kind of dispute the way to approach that would be for u.s. to try to take out some of the chinese missile facilities which...
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and president obama weighed in on the controversy all the way from malaysia, answering a question from chuck. >> when ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk. and that's what happened here. i have confidence that the nba commissioner, adam silver, a good man, will address this. obviously the nba is a league that is beloved by fans all across the country. it's got an awful lot of african-american players. it's steeped in african-american culture. and i suspect that the nba is going to be deeply concerned in resolving this. >> chuck todd is still with us from the philippines. chuck, thanks for sticking around. and "sports illustrated"'s phil taylor joins us. phil, i want to start with you. if it is confirmed that this is in fact sterling, what kind of action should be taken and how much of a test is there for the new nba commissioner adam silver? >> it's a huge test for the new commissioner opinion t commissioner. the feeling is if this is true and proven to be sterling on the audio tapes that he should be fined and s
and president obama weighed in on the controversy all the way from malaysia, answering a question from chuck. >> when ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk. and that's what happened here. i have confidence that the nba commissioner, adam silver, a good man, will address this. obviously the nba is a league that is beloved by fans all across the country. it's got an awful lot of african-american players. it's steeped...
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. >>> there are new details this morning in the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. today australian prime minister tony abbott said the attempts to find the plane are entering a new effort. teams will focus on underwater equipment to scan the ocean floor. the search area is also expanding outside the zone where suspected black box signals were detected this month. the new search area could take up to eight months to examine. >>> second of state john kerry says israel is at risk of becoming an apartheid state. according to the daily beast kerry told the world leaders that event be actually he may put together his own plan for peace and the two sides could, quote, take it or leave it. the tough words show john kerry's frustration which despite months of attention have completely unraveled. pro israel leaders have use the the words apartheid. benjamin netanyahu said they have a clear process of moving it forward. >> the president of hamas has to decide whether he wants a pact with egypt or israel. he cannot embrace hamas and say he wants peace with israel. in fact, wha
. >>> there are new details this morning in the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. today australian prime minister tony abbott said the attempts to find the plane are entering a new effort. teams will focus on underwater equipment to scan the ocean floor. the search area is also expanding outside the zone where suspected black box signals were detected this month. the new search area could take up to eight months to examine. >>> second of state john kerry says israel is...
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>> and a personal moment from president obama during a town hall with students at the university of malaysia at kuala lumpur. he was asked about what he regrets. >> i regret not having spent more time with my mother because she died early. i realize that i didn't every single day or at least more often just spend time with her and find out what she was thinking and what she was doing because she had been such an important part of my life. >> while in malaysia president obama took an opportunity to take a selfie. that is your monday morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> all right. washington post reporter david nakamura joins me from washington with some topics here that we want to review, including this one here. we're seeing a side of hillary clinton that hasn't really been revealed in the public much. she opened up about her religion over the weekend and how it influenced her life while speaking at the united methodist assembly. she said her faith allowed her to care for others. what does this tell us about her? >> people are always looking when hillary is speaking for 2016. when she tal
>> and a personal moment from president obama during a town hall with students at the university of malaysia at kuala lumpur. he was asked about what he regrets. >> i regret not having spent more time with my mother because she died early. i realize that i didn't every single day or at least more often just spend time with her and find out what she was thinking and what she was doing because she had been such an important part of my life. >> while in malaysia president obama...
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president obama in malaysia today said the world must stand firm against russian aggression toward ukraine. take a will be listen. >> collectively us and the europeans have said that so long as russia are continues down the path of oh provocation rath arer than trying to deescalate there will be consequences. they will continue to grow. >> i want to bring in congressman engel, ranking member of the foreign affairs committee. just returned from ukraine. let's start with president obama. there is talk about consequences. what kind of consequence is he the talking about? what consequences do russia face? >> talk thing about sanctions. what putin is doing is dangerous. the world cannot sit by. if the world does, nato is dead. nato has to react. there are countries in the area that are worried about putin stirring up russians in the country. >> are are the stiffer sanctions which are going to take effect, can they change the calculus. >> iran is now sitting down and negotiating with the united states in the west. we imposed sanctions on them. the sanctions hurt their economy. they are essential
president obama in malaysia today said the world must stand firm against russian aggression toward ukraine. take a will be listen. >> collectively us and the europeans have said that so long as russia are continues down the path of oh provocation rath arer than trying to deescalate there will be consequences. they will continue to grow. >> i want to bring in congressman engel, ranking member of the foreign affairs committee. just returned from ukraine. let's start with president...
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the president in malaysia right now. what is he saying about donald sterling's alleged comments? >> reporter: it was actually chuck todd who asked president obama about sterling's comment. i think a lot of journalists in the room were surprised how candid, how strong president obama was on the topic. white house officials said he wasn't expecting to get asked about it, but when he did, this is what he had to say. take a listen. >> i don't think i have to interpret those statements for you. they kind of speak for themselves. and i think that we just have to be clear, and steady in denouncing it, teaching our children differently. >> president obama also said he has full confidence in the nba to launch a swift investigation, and to get answers quickly. and the nba, of course, has said that's exactly what they plan to do. >> let's go to what the president was certainly prepared for, and that is addressing the new sanctions for russia. kristen, what's the latest on that front? >> reporter: he was asked why the united states wouldn't move forward unilaterally with the biggest sanction
the president in malaysia right now. what is he saying about donald sterling's alleged comments? >> reporter: it was actually chuck todd who asked president obama about sterling's comment. i think a lot of journalists in the room were surprised how candid, how strong president obama was on the topic. white house officials said he wasn't expecting to get asked about it, but when he did, this is what he had to say. take a listen. >> i don't think i have to interpret those statements...
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while in malaysia this morning, the president turned up the heat on russia, making it clear the international community is prepared to act if russia doesn't deescalate tensions with ukraine. >> collectively, us and the europeans have said that so long as russia continues down the path of provocation rather than trying to resolve this issue peacefully and deescalating, there are going to be consequences, and those consequences will continue to grow. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry expressed similar sentiments on thursday, while trying to leave the door open, if only a sliver, for a possible change on russia's part. >> the window to change course is closing. president putin and russia faces a choice. if if russia chooses the path of de-escalation, the international community, all of us, will welcome it. if russia does not, the world will make sure the costs for russia will only grow. >> this new and more aggressive stance may be a direct result of growing u.s. concern that rusch military forces are pulsing or pesting the border and making a run toward ukraine, according to u.s. officials.
while in malaysia this morning, the president turned up the heat on russia, making it clear the international community is prepared to act if russia doesn't deescalate tensions with ukraine. >> collectively, us and the europeans have said that so long as russia continues down the path of provocation rather than trying to resolve this issue peacefully and deescalating, there are going to be consequences, and those consequences will continue to grow. >> u.s. secretary of state john...
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president obama is in malaysia. they have an owner from sou east asia, india. they look at our culture and race differently. it can impact business, period. this needs to be handled and dealt with permanently. >> two quick thoughts if i may. i think this part is encouraging. i'm not being naive. i'm not saying donald sterling is the only person who holds these views ta may come out in an unguarded moment. more and more people like donald sterling are outliers. it's not just african-americans in the league it's everyone. i had dinner last night with an nba executive who happens to be white. he's outraged and concerned about this. people are appalled. people within the league are appalled. the nba has been a progressive league. virtually even involve had had this the league wants to put this behind them and thought it was behind them and has no place in the nba. i would slightly disagree with charles that while the nba players may have no direct power they have the power of influencing public opinion. perhaps post playoffs or after the clippers are eliminated fro
president obama is in malaysia. they have an owner from sou east asia, india. they look at our culture and race differently. it can impact business, period. this needs to be handled and dealt with permanently. >> two quick thoughts if i may. i think this part is encouraging. i'm not being naive. i'm not saying donald sterling is the only person who holds these views ta may come out in an unguarded moment. more and more people like donald sterling are outliers. it's not just...
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he spoke at a news side along malaysia's prime minister. it was there half a world away the president also weighed in on a firestorm brewing here at home involving racist comments made by the los angeles clippers allegedly. peter alexander joins me. what is the president saying about the new round of sanctions for russia specifically? >> reporter: you know, frances, that entire crisis in ukraine is largely overshadowed the president's trip to this region. this was the first time we heard from the president since the g-7 leaders announced there would be new targeted sanctions against russia for its failure to be more responsive to the geneva agreement and he praised the ukrainian leadership for working to disarm the forces in that region but in president obama's language he said that russia has not lifted a finger to help. more specific to that topic of sect sectoral sanction and why the united states has to wait for its allies to be at its side in terms of sanctions that could hit energy, oil, most specifically arms and banking and presiden
he spoke at a news side along malaysia's prime minister. it was there half a world away the president also weighed in on a firestorm brewing here at home involving racist comments made by the los angeles clippers allegedly. peter alexander joins me. what is the president saying about the new round of sanctions for russia specifically? >> reporter: you know, frances, that entire crisis in ukraine is largely overshadowed the president's trip to this region. this was the first time we heard...
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. >>> president obama arrives in malaysia, becoming the first president to visit that country since lbj. he talks about the economy and security in the asia-pacific, the crisis in ukraine continues with more sanctions coming. and international observers are now being hailed. we'll update you on that. also, you won't believe what someone caught the guy who owns the l.a. clippers allegedly saying to his girlfriend about black people. we're going to play what he reportedly said and talk about why so many are disgusted and demanding the nba do something. >>> it's an assembly of amino acids, fats, and water that's like what you get out of an animal. >> but will the masses bite? and if they do, what it could mean for the future of food in this country and the world. >>> and how about this? no batteries needed. a flashlight that runs solely on the heat of your hand. a 15-year-old google science fair award winner came up with today's big idea. a whole heck of a lot to get to on this saturday afternoon. we start with that developing story out of los angeles. one that's lighting up the sports wor
. >>> president obama arrives in malaysia, becoming the first president to visit that country since lbj. he talks about the economy and security in the asia-pacific, the crisis in ukraine continues with more sanctions coming. and international observers are now being hailed. we'll update you on that. also, you won't believe what someone caught the guy who owns the l.a. clippers allegedly saying to his girlfriend about black people. we're going to play what he reportedly said and talk...
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he's in malaysia right now, his next stop is the philippines. this crisis in the ukraine has overshadowed much of his trip to asia, which is aimed at reinforcing america's ties to that region and really pivoting to the asia pacific region. alex. >> thanks for the update, thank you. >>> new this hour, a fierce battle of words is play pg out right now between two party leaders. it began earlier with house speaker john boehner delivering the republican weekly address this morning. >> president said he wanted this to be a year of bipartisan action. well, it still can be. we just need to get his party's leaders in the senate to take up our jobs bills. why republicans may be the minority party in washington, with your help, we've made some headway. we ban earmarks. and for the first time since the korean war, we cut total federal spending for two years running. we've protected americans from permanent tax increases. >> that prompted this response from democratic leader nancy pelosi's spokesperson. quote, speaker boehner can try to paper over the repub
he's in malaysia right now, his next stop is the philippines. this crisis in the ukraine has overshadowed much of his trip to asia, which is aimed at reinforcing america's ties to that region and really pivoting to the asia pacific region. alex. >> thanks for the update, thank you. >>> new this hour, a fierce battle of words is play pg out right now between two party leaders. it began earlier with house speaker john boehner delivering the republican weekly address this morning....